Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyProfessor Harris - the leading theorist in cultural materialism - bases this comprehensive work on the perspective of thematic and theoretical coherence, giving the book depth and continuity. Speaking directly to students, helpful chapter introductions and end-of-chapter summaries focus on key points before and after reading each chapter. This seventh edition includes meticulous updating of research and scholarship, especially in the very active field of physical anthropology and archaeology. A new feature - "America Now Updates" - turns an anthropological eye on the contemporary U.S., emphasizing the comparative aspects of anthropology and making the discipline relevant to students. |
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... NUCLEAR FAMILY Can a particular kind of group be found in all domestic settings ? Many anthropologists be- lieve there is such a group , and refer to it as the nuclear family : husband , wife , and chil- dren ( Fig . 15.1 ) . Ralph ...
... NUCLEAR FAMILY Can a particular kind of group be found in all domestic settings ? Many anthropologists be- lieve there is such a group , and refer to it as the nuclear family : husband , wife , and chil- dren ( Fig . 15.1 ) . Ralph ...
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... nuclear family life as in the United States . NAYAR OF KERALA ( A ) Nayar villagers along the. JAPANESE NUCLEAR FAMILY FIGURE 15.1 and women , the sexual division of labor makes subsistence more efficient . The nuclear family thus ...
... nuclear family life as in the United States . NAYAR OF KERALA ( A ) Nayar villagers along the. JAPANESE NUCLEAR FAMILY FIGURE 15.1 and women , the sexual division of labor makes subsistence more efficient . The nuclear family thus ...
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... family's fields ( Myron Cohen 1976 ) . The degree to which the nuclear family is submerged and effaced by these arrangements is brought out by a custom formerly found in certain Taiwanese households : " Adopt a daughter ; marry a sister ...
... family's fields ( Myron Cohen 1976 ) . The degree to which the nuclear family is submerged and effaced by these arrangements is brought out by a custom formerly found in certain Taiwanese households : " Adopt a daughter ; marry a sister ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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